Thailand East Asia and Pacific
LOWER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
67.8 0.9 131.9 37.9 1.4 33.7 513.1 252.0 3,760 3.0 0.4 41.4
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 810.8 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 1.2% Top destination countries: the United States, Cambodia, Malaysia, Germany, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 2.4% Emigration of physicians: 2,390 or 11.6% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 1,157.3 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 1.7% Females as percentage of immigrants: 48.4% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 11.2% Top source countries: China, Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Japan, India, Vietnam, the United States
Remittances US$ millions
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
1,607
1,622
1,187
1,333
1,635
1,898
1,637
1,788
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— 1,622 —
— 1,187 —
— 1,333 —
— 1,635 —
— 1,898 —
— 1,637 —
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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
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a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$9.8 bn, net ODA received US$−0.6 bn, total international reserves US$111.0 bn, exports of goods and services US$208.8 bn in 2008.
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Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011